Claude Lévi-Strauss : a critical study of his thought / by Maurice Godelier ; translated by Nora Scott.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Godelier, Maurice, author.

Standardized Title:

Lévi-Strauss. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Lévi-Strauss, Claude.

Structural anthropology.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xx, 540 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; Brooklyn, NY : Verso, 2018.

Language Note:

Translated from the French.

Summary:

"One of the world's leading anthropologists assesses the work of the founder of structural anthropology Anthropologist Claude Levi-Strauss was among the most influential thinkers of the 20th century. In this rigorous study, Maurice Godelier traces the evolution of his thought. Focusing primarily on Levi-Strauss' analysis of kinship and myth, Godelier provides an assessment of his intellectual achievements and legacy. Meticulously researched, Claude Levi-Strauss is written in a clear and accessible style. The culmination of decades of engagement with Levi-Strauss' work, this book will prove indispensible to students of Levi-Strauss' thought and structural anthropology more generally"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Kinship

The Beginnings (1943-1945): What Came Before The Elementary Structures of Kinship

The Elementary Structures of Kinship (New York, 1947; Paris, 1949)

The Elementary Structures of Kinship: Complements (1949-1959)

Introduction to the Work of Marcel Mauss (1950)

'The Notion of Social Structure in Anthropology' (1952)

Letter to the Editor-in-Chief of La Nouvelle Critique (1955)

'The Family' (1956)

'Le problème des relations de parenté' (1959)

The Invention of Semi-Complex Systems (1965-1973)

'The Future of Kinship Studies' (1965)

Preface to the Second Edition of The Elementary Structures of Kinship (1967)

'Reflections on the Atom of Kinship' (1973)

The Concept of 'House': Theory Makes New Strides (1976-1987)

Final Texts (1983-2000)

'Cross-Readings' (1983)

'On Marriage between Clos'e Kin' (1983)

The Second of the Three Tokyo Lectures (1986)

'La sexualité féminine et l'origine de la société' (1995

'Le retour de l'oncle maternel' (1997)

'Apologue des amibes' (2000)

Postface to 'Question de parenté' (2000)

Taking Stock

I

Myths And Mythic Thought

The Major Steps in Lévi-Strauss's Elaboration of His Concepts, Method and Hypotheses (1952-1962)

'The Structural Study of Myth' (1955)

'Structure and Dialectic' (1956)

'The Story of Asdiwal' (1958)

'Four Winnebago Myths: A Structural Sketch' (1960)

'Structure and Form. Reflections on a Work by Vladimir Propp' (1960)

Totemism (1962)

The Savage Mind (1962)

The Mythology Series (1964-1971)

At the Outset, the Misadventures of a Bird-Nester Threatened with Death

From the Paraguay River to Oregon, from the Bororo to the Salish

Rose Curves

Toolkit for the Structural Analysis of Myths

The Components of Myths

The Armature

Codes, Vocabularies and Syntaxes

Axes

Mythemes and Mythical Schemata

Mythic Schema, Message and Semantic Function

The Operations of the Myth-Producing Mind

Empirical Deduction and Transcendental Deduction

The Canonical Formula of Myths and Its Destiny

Myth and Ritual

Myth and Society

The Three Steps in the Structural Analysis of Myths

Compiling an Ethnographic and Historical File

Undertaking the Formal Analysis

Moving on to the Semantic Analysis

The Triumph of Structural Analysis and the Analyst's Pride

II

By Way of a Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9781784787066

178478706X

9781784787073

1784787078

OCLC:

1029769451